Chandigarh, May 7 -- Moving forward firmly with its slum-free city campaign, the UT administration on Tuesday razed the city's last major slum - Janta Colony in Sector 25- within two weeks of bulldozing Sanjay Colony in Industrial Area, another large illegal settlement.

With this, only two other slums, which are much smaller, remain in the city: Shahpur Colony in Sector 38 and Adarsh Colony in Sector 54, which are also set to be history within a month.

By flattening Janta Colony, the UT Estate Office reclaimed 10 acres of prized government land, valued at Rs.350 crore, where a dispensary, primary school, community centre and shopping area are planned.

Backed by around 1,500 police personnel, officials from the municipal corporation, Es...